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KLdy1 - Mar08 - computer literacy - internet users - web - pc. (dy1)
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Tightened Internet Control Cools Down 'Boycott Carrefour'
The Beijing Olympics is around the corner. As the games approach, the Chinese regime has tightened its Internet control and started to take measures to cool down the "boycott Carrefour" activities... (photo: WN / Denise Yong)
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Adidas   Business   Frankfurt   Germany   Photos		  Examiner 
Adidas profits up 32 percent on cheaper supply costs
FRANKFURT, Germany (Map, News) - Adidas reported first-quarter profit jumped 32 percent Tuesday as its acquisition of Reebock International provided more leverage with suppliers. The company's net... (photo: Public Domain)
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China acknowledges it has tightened visa procedures ahead of Olympics
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING - China has acknowledged for the first time today that it is tightening its visa policies ahead of the Olympic Games. Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang says the... (photo: Public Domain)
Beijing   China   Olympics   Photos   Visa
Market  The State 
European athletes in asthma study at Beijing Olympics
The Associated Press ATHENS, Greece -- Athletes from 10 European countries will take part in an allergy and asthma study at the Beijing Olympics. The study announced Tuesday on World Asthma Day is... (photo: GFDL)
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People look at wreckage of a car burnt in a recent riot on a street in Lhasa Monday, March 17, 2008. Chinese troops and police tightened their hold on Tibetan areas Wednesday in a hardening clampdown against scattered protests while the government insisted anti-government riots in Lhasa would not deter plans to take the Olympic torch to the top of Mount Everes The Star
Chinese editor fired over Tibet commentaries
BEIJING (Reuters) - A renowned Chinese columnist has lost his job at a magazine over commentaries on unrest in Tibet which did not conform with the official line, a... (photo: AP / Yonhap)

China   Human RIghts   Media   Photos   Tibet
Hokkaido,Japan - Beach - Ocean - Sea - Nature- Environment - Ecology. (ps1) The Australian
Sunshine Coast clears way for nude beach
QUEENSLAND is set to fall in line with the rest of the country by designating its first beach for nudists. The Bligh Government has joined newly elected Sunshine Coast... (photo: WN / patricia)
Australia   Beach   Law   Photos   Society
KLdy1 - Dec06 - CHNdy1 - children - kids - youngsters - growing up - playing time - baby - parenting. (dy1) Canada Dot Com
Virus no threat to Olympics: WHO
BEIJING - A virus that has killed 25 children and infected thousands across China will not threaten August's Olympic Games, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in... (photo: WN / deniseyong)

Beijing   Health   Olympics   Photos   Virus
Adidas, Sportswear, sports shoes. tp1 The Boston Globe
Adidas earnings up 32 percent
FRANKFURT, Germany—German sportswear company Adidas AG said Tuesday the company's first quarter net profit jumped 32 percent as sales gained 3.1 percent. The... (photo: WN/Theresa Poongan)
Adidas   Earnings   Germany   Photos   Sportswear
KLps1 - December06 - China - Industrial Pollution - Environment - Traffic Pollution - Emissions - Air Pollution - Climate Change. (ps) International Herald Tribune
Beijing pollution no added risk for asthma athletes
: Athletes suffering from asthma face no greater health risk at this summer's Beijing Olympics than other athletes, despite the city's pollution problem, a European... (photo: WN/Patricia)

Beijing   Health   Olympics   Photos   Pollution
A Chinese security guard walks across flags on Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, Monday, Oct 8, 2007. Star Tribune
China acknowledges for first time it has tightened visa procedures ahead of Olympics
BEIJING - China acknowledged for the first time Tuesday that it is tightening its visa policies ahead of the Olympic Games. "We have made some arrangements according to... (photo: AP/Ng Han Guan / )
Asia   Beijing   China   Olympics   Photos
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, right, speaks to reporters at a press conference after the closing ceremony of the National People's Congress in Beijing's Great Hall of the People Tuesday, March 18, 2008 International Herald Tribune
China's competing nationalisms
: Which of the competing Chinese nationalisms will show up at the Olympics in August? An aggrieved, defensive nationalism, or a confident and proud nationalism? Chinese... (photo: (AP Photo / Robert F. Bukaty))
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